Ok this is just about the final straw. i got my new HPI 3 shoe clutch shoes to pop on my eNVy flywheel. I found the two of the eNVy springs has disintegrated around the clutch nut. I was trying to back out the screw when it started stripping. i had lock tited it pretty well (blue). to keep it from stripping more i locked onto the head with vice grips and attempted to slowly back the screw out.

THEN THE F'N SCREW HEAD BROKE OFF!

So I tried to grab the threads. THEY SNAPPED OFF!

So now I have a BRAND NEW WASP 26 with a POS clutch screw broke off in the end of the drive shaft!

I need some help here before I go through the roof and chunk the whole truck in the trash! I think there is lock tite down inside the crankshaft with the screw. is there a way to heat it or something to break that lock tite free?

If you get a dremel with a cut off wheel, then cut into the end of the crank and screw (if its not too far down this is) and make a cut deep enough to put a flat bladed screw driver in, then get a blow torch or something to heat the crank, get it red hot then try to unscrew the screw, tht might work, then all you might need to do is retap the crank.

Hmm jus ta long shot but could save your engine. wrap the engine i na think cloth and stick it i na vice with the crank shaft rfacing towards the sky. Take a very smal ldrill bit and drill out the centre of teh screw, the screw wil lcrumble out with some luck.

ok i've tried drilling it out and i'll keep trying, but i know it's gonna mean a new crankshaft. So it says SG type crankshaft. is that a generic type that i can pick up and stick in? How much and where to get it?

This hobby is really starting to get on my nerves... I should have bought a Tivo and an iPod...

HOLY SH*T! $80 bucks! screw that. I'll wait till my S-25 replacement gets here. That's insane. be different if i had like 10 gallons through it and it needed a rebuild, but i haven't even tuned it yet!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

eBay here i come... selling this crap off.... I'm done...

if i wanted to throw my money into a hole i'd buy a pool... at least i'd get some use out of it...

well, i looked all over and couldn't find the part number for the adapter i used on the mach.26, but i did look at the crank on my wasp, and it looks like you could cut off the 'pilot' portion of it, and then get something like this to get back in business,

i belive thats it tbill... i have seen people screw up and thats the solution... basically you cut the shaft then use the adapter.... maybe ill buy a shaft today, and use broken block 21bb as demo of how to do it....

before you cut, slide the flywheel on and hold the nut next to the shaft so you can visualise what the installed height will be with it actually bolted on. depending on the flywheel used, take into consideration the thickness of any shims used. keep in mind the depth of the threads in the adapter nut, like i say, i think there will be plenty of threads to work with. also, with doing this you won't need a new crank.

now that i think of it, you could compare the height of the 'nut' portion on the adapter to the height of the SG nut you have now, if it's the same [groove location/height etc.] you could bolt the flywheel on with your existing nut, then just cut the end off flush with that, then ya know ya got a perfect fit.

ok so i cut the crank off just before the threads start and then shim between the flywheel and the clutch nut yes? or do i shim behind the collet? I've never had to shim before so i want to do this right.

use my dremmel cut wheel?

is there a risk of making the pilot too long? I don't what mesh issues after this...

I've ordered the OFNA shim kit and the nut/pilot end piece. Wow $13 bucks sure is better than $80, especially since I just got the WASP.

now would you recommend using a hex screw instead of a phillips from now on?

I know now that if it ever happens to me again (broken screw) all i have to do is get a new $8 nut/pilot.

i use hex screws in most of my savage just cause they easier... i would screw on a original nut 1st.. cut it.. then unscrew the nut also.. so if a bur were to come from cutting it it would self clean the threads... when taking it off.. yep use dremal..